The Sun. — London, England, 1818-12-16 00:00:00

LONDON JOURNALS. VeROMTHE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.] [The Times.] PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. PARt3, Dsc 12.—The opening of the Chambers took place amid an assemblage of very brilliant Company. Among the foreigners of distinction Lord bind Laity Castlereagh excited particular ob tervetion ‘Vnen M. de Lafayette was called to take the oath, a movement of curiosity, like an electric shock, spread throughout the assembly.— The Speech from the Throne mentioned nothing mew, except that the King will soon go through the ceremony of his Coronation—a circumstance which proves that the negotiations concerning the Concordat are nearly brought to a terrninaiion. There is as yet, however, no prospect that it will be submitted to the Chambers in the present Seq. vion.—All the efforts of the bankers and brokers of Palk kive been unable to prevent the tail of the Public Fontk. They tell yesterday o 60, al though the priiited quotation Of the Batik makes them 63. It was expected that the Speech from the Throne would have restored confidence ; but the stagnation of con;merce is still very great in the principal commercial cities of France. Mama), Nov. 30.—An embargo has been or dered at Cad , z and some other ports, upon ships .of a ePttain size, for the transport of the troops, Rich are to be sent immediately to South Ame rica ; the expenses of eves y descript ion %Odd) may Le incurred by them will be paid by the owners of the ships. There a yeti" odd rumour in circulation in this capital, abort the arrival of a personage, Who, it is gupposed, has been sent by the Congress sit Aix-la-Chapelle, with some commission to King Ferdinand ; and the m►►st curious thing is, that a grea► many peiiple, who think themselves very well informed in political matters, are very busy in making conjectures about the subject of this strange message * A M.Santurio (on n hose information M. Calvo de Rozors and several others had been imprison ed), who was in one of the cells of the gaol called de Curie, knowing that M Calvo was in smother close by, began to ci y out as loud a s he cou ld, begging M. Calvo's forgiveness for this wicked and false information, which, he added, he was persuaded to give by the intreaties and promises of an official petsonage. This affair has occa sioned a great deal of uneasiness to the party con cerned in it. We are surrounded here with spies and in formers ; 110 One dares to communicate his opi mioos to another: from hence flows a want of confidence, which we cannot find words to de ihe. 'Ft e evils ‘vbich are produced by the scourge .of the human race are of such a kind, that no person, however high his rank, is secure against its attacks. A report is whispered, with great mystery, that a plot of these villains has been dis covered, the' object of which was to implicate dif ferent Grandees of Spain, and the Cao!ain- Gene ral of New Castile, Don Gaspar de Vigodet, in a charge of designing to subvert the existing Go vernment, and to substitute in its stead an oli garchy like that of Venice. The number of per sons intended to be‘affected by this infernal plot arhounts, it is said, to 60, besides several others who are deemed of 'agreeing to co-operate with them. The whole scheme is reported to have been organized by persons in office, who, however, are merely ins , rnments in the hands of the clerical faction, at the head of which are the Pope's Nun cio, the Patriarch of the ladies, and the Intinisi tor-General. The state of this country is dreadful. T; se roads are infested with robbers to such a degree, that travelling, even for the shortest distances, is unsafe. The poverty of the people is overwhelm ing, the want of money severely telt, and every thing announces an approaching an inevitable ca tastrophe. * There was a report at Aix-la-Chapelle of an autograph letter having been sent to King Ferdinand from the Allied Sovereigns, in which the Spanish King was advised to change his measures. [Morning Herald.] From the most correct information which we , can obtain, We think we may assure our Readers that there is no foundation (or the report which originated with a Morning Paper, stating, that the Earl of Ilarrowhy is to go our as Ambassador to Paris, in the room of Sir Charles Stuart.— There is no intention at present of recalling from that Court the Plenipotentiary who has so ably represented his Majesty there ; and the King of France possesses too much delicacy to wish for a vacancy in that high office, that it might be after wards supplied by his personal friend. We are 'nappy to think that the services of 'the Noble •Earl are still to be continued its the Cabinet. Jr is very probable that questions of vice! import ance to the Empire will come before Parliament soon after the Session shall have commenced ; and we fear that the liberal and enligloened minds of the Country would have deep cause to regret the removal of the Earl of HaTrowby I'9lo the Council Board ; at least, until those questions shall be finally set to rest. Bringlly unfoanded is a statement which appeared in another Morning Paper a few days since, relative to Carlton-house. It was broadly asserted that that fine mansion was to he razed to the ground. We have reason to believe this report to be r totally untrue: We know that there is an intention of adding very considerably to Carbon. house, as it is in many respects incommodious for the holding of Courts. Big these arrangements will not affect the archi tecture of the edifice as it now stands. [Morning Post ] Extract of . a Letter frcnn Mu;eow, dated Sept. 16.—" Your liberal upi;Aon of our noble Em peror gives us pleasure, and is, we depend, well founded : !he Russians arc of long habit mecha nically devoted to their Chief, but in the present reign personally devoted also. He is very zealous in erecting and promoting the establishment of lrarinus insiitutions 'for the eduCation of the ris ing generatino ; twiny are now nearly completed, and on an extensive scale, in this ancient ei!y, for the first time. No doubt he is aware of the na turtd ability of his people, who are hardy and as piring, anti have a capacity fur great improve ment ; and, with a steady and firm system of cul tivation, may surely become as distinguished. fur mental proficiencies, as they hate always been for physical 'energy and patient endurance." We have authority to state, that the petition purporting to be from the three men executed yesterday for forgery, to the Prince Regent, co pied from a Sunday Paper into some of the daily Journals, was a•complete forgery. So far from the culprits having signed any such document, they were wholly unconscious of its existence. — (Mid.) LITERARY REVIEW. THE WIDOW . of NAIN, and Other Poems; by an Under. Gr►duate of the University of Cambridge. We have perused this Poem• with much satisfac tion, and though the limits of our Paper will not permit a very critical review, yet, in justice to our Readers, we ought not to withhold front th,m the opportunity of sharing our gratification We deem the Author to he young; but he evinces so much talent, that we feel it right to encourage hint, since, though a few inaccora e expressions 'nay perhaps he met with, we discover much of the file of original genius. The following lines cannot, we think, be read without interest ; they conclude the 4th Section of the Poem, in which the widowed mother has been anxiously watch ing the couch of her son, on whose cheek con sumption's hectic blush too clearly indicates the severe loss she is so soon likely to sustain Where time has rent the lordly tower, And moss entwines the archos grey, Springs mane a light and lovely flower, That lends a lustre to decay. Thus while existence wanes away, Consumption's fevered cheek will bloom, And beauty's brightest beams will play I❑ mournful glory—o'er the tomb." After describing the sufferings of the fond pa, rent, while watching the last agonies of her son, on the motonig of his death, in a vein of poetry highly creditable to the Author, the Poem pro ceeds, and our Readers wilt, we are sure, com mend us for selecting the following description of the fot torn state 01 the widowed matron under her affliction : " Noon came and fled—and evening grey, Cast o'er the room a sombre shade; Alike to her were night and day, Ilex eye was never turned away From the low couch where he was laid. Sl.•e could not weep—she could not pray, Her son] was dark—and with despair Devotion mingles not—the prayer Breathed hopelessly, was breathed in rain ; Her ail of beii:g centered there, And dragged he , thoughts to earth again, Her eye is fixed upon the bier, Her cheek is cold, and colourless: The struggling'sigh, the starting tear, Hare passed from sorrows wild excess To still unconscious fixedness. For strung emotions, when they fade, Cast o'er the brow a deeper shade, And sate') passion sinks the breast To silence—apathy—not rest." In the same easy and affecting style the Poem advances, and the " Widow of Nail)," atter having lost her beloved child, is attending' his last re mains in serious sadness to the tomb, amid num bers-of her neighbours and friends, when.the vil lage minstrel suddenly struck his harp— " For well he knew the soft controul Of music o'er the human soul." The effect of which on 'the mind of the poor 'widow, is, we think, most happily described in the passage that follows— , " Yes, while the notes of magic last, The present fades into the past, The scenes of other days return, And youth's unquenched emotions burn: The ardent-hopes that charmed and tied— The fond remembrance of the dead, — The gentle eye, that beamed to bless, The look, whose smile was tenderness; The voice once wont with lore to thrill, Now mute, yet nnforgotten still— The form that but with life can 'Whose monument is memory." Some lines hetray a loftiness of tone and an impassioned depth of feeling, wl►ich often di rected our though's to Lord liltsoN, but a sim plici►y which would be inconsistent with the ge neral character of Lord BYRON'S poetry, and still more a religious and moral tendency, which we have not yet'been encouraged to expect from his Lordship's pen, precludes the association. Had our selections been less copious, we could have wished to have ►uirled to their number the beau tiful description of the approach of the SAlnotla of MANKIND to the bier on which the body of the young man was being conveyed to the tomb ; but we forbear, lest we should be taking too great liberties with the Author, or deprive the Public of that pleasure which the perusal of this part of the poem cannot fail of exciting. We conclude, therefore, by giving to the work our most hearty commendation. SUDDEN DEATHS.—OIi Sunday night last, Mr. Osborne, a young Naval Officer, who bad not long returned from sea, took lodgings at the Bed ford Coffee-house, in St. Martin's-lane, and pre vious to retiring to his chamber he complained of illness, and the morning after he was found dead. An Inquest has since been held on the body, and front the evidence adduced, it appeared that .the deceased had laboured under * long ill 'less. He was an Irish Gentleman, and his fa icuds are at present in Ireland. Verdict--'' Died by the Visitation of God." —An Implisition was taken yesterday evening, at the sign of the Fea thers, Hart -street, near Covent-Garden Theatte, before THoM AS HIGGs,Esq. Coroner, on the body of Mr. It. Shitley. tobacconist, of Hart -street, Covent-Garden, Verdict—" Died by the Viita t.on 01 God." THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed Last Night. THEATRE RnyAt., DRuivr-LANr..---411th tinittM: Lu cius Junius, Mr. Kean; Tarquinia, Mrs. W. West. After which, Is He Alii.e ? THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEti.—.-The Castle Spectre: Osiound, Mr. Young; Angela,, Miss O'Neill. After - which, Rose D'Amour. * it * For A FRIEND TO MANKIND (on SuicinE), see the First Page. PRICE OF STOCKS Tills DAY AT TWELVE per Cent. Red ~. 771 India 80nd5......785. 795. pr. 31 per Cent B6 Ex. Bills, id. 13s. 17s. 13s. pr. 4 per Cents. 95 Cons. for Account.. 79i Bank L. Ann 2O 1 -lath MAILS. ARRIVETI.-1 Dublin, I Waterfnrcl, 1 Hamburgh. DUE-1 Dublin, I Waterford, I Guernsey and Jersey, 1 Sweden, I Haniburgh, 1 Lisbon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. Morning, 35 minutes after 4. Evening, 20 minutes after 5. TIIE SUN. !CLEM I,WD; DICERE FALSUNI AIJI)EAt LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1818. We received this morning the Paris Papers of Sunday last. The following are extracts : " PARIS, DEC. 13.— , -The King yesterrhy held a Council of Ministers, which sat from one o'clock till six. " The Duke of Wellington, previous to his leparture this day, paid his respects yesterday [o the King and the Royal Family. " The last letters from Rome state that the Prince of the Peace was dangei ously ill, and that his life was despaired of. " The case of General Cannel against MM. SMinneville and Fabvicr was again on yesteiday, before the Tribunal of Correctional Police. After hearing i\JM. Dupin and Berryer, Advocates, a further adjournment took place for a week. " The Duke d'Angouletue returned to Paris yesterday afternoon. • " The King has bad a slight attack of the gout, but which did not prevent him from presiding at the Council of Ministers. Lord Castlereagh is expected to have his audience of leave of the King ta•day. " It is stated in the Journal de la Belgique, that th e Commission for the Inspection of Fortresses, which accompanied the Doke d'Algoulerne in his journey, are of opinion, that it is necessary to re place by new fortresses those which have been ceded by the Treaty of Paris. FIVE PER CENTS. Saturday f. au f. 63 f. 53 c. DEFFIRRRD ST')CK. Of the 22d March, 1817,. 75 f. 10c. 22d Sept. 1817, 22 , 1 MaTch, 1818, 7l f. 10 e. 22,1 Sept. 1818, " MUNICH, DEC. 4.-The Empress Consort of Russia is expected here in the course of next week, and to stay some days. " The Count Cato d'lsttia, Minister Secretary of State to the Emperor of Rossa, arrived here to-day. He is understood to be charged wirh a mission from his august Sovereign to our King-. \Ve expected here the day after to-morrow, the Prince de Metternich, who, it is believed, will arrange with our Court the territorial affairs. " VIENNA, Nov. 30.—We learn with great pleasure, that the Archduchess Leopoldine, Prin cess Royal of the Brazils, is pregnant. " ZURICH, DEC. 4.—The Grand Duke Michael is expected in Switzetland in a few days. His Imperial Highness will first come here, and :hen proceed to Berne, to visit his sister-in aw, the Grand Duchess Constantine. He will :hen visit the Pays-de-Vaud and the Valais, and raverse the Simplon to proceed to Italy." New York Papers to the 16th ult. have arrived in Ireland ; but they contain no news whatever of the slightest itnpnrtance. Tne FUNDS.—Stocks have remained pretty steady ; Consols for the Account commenced at - 791, and continued so till 12 o'clock, but the Market then looked very heavy, and they fell to 7Si, in consequence of the great quantity of Stock thrown upon the MUI ket. The Commissioners gave 77-.1 reduced, a►zd were served generally by the Jobbers. This morning bets to a considerable amount. were made on 'Change, that the French 5 per Cents. would be done at 56 francs on or before Christmas next. As we positively contradicted the report of what, if true, we should have considered as heavy loss to the Nation,—the intended retirement of the Earl of LIVERPOOL, the 'Dealers in rumours of Ministerial Changes have now thought proper to change dick ground, and to dismiss Viscount .5.1 - MOUTH, in order to make room for Mr. PEEL. IV.• are tally persuaded that there is no more founda tion for this latter report than fur the fortuer,which tie cont rabic tea Upon indispOtabh: aut t►or ily• Lord SIDMOUTII, by desire of his evened Sovereign' assumed the conduct of the - national affairs tit $ critical period, when no other distinguished 657 racter woulil venture to undertake so arduous office. He . conducted himself throughout yts Administration as an able and consciendatli Statesman. His Sovereign and his Country / 104 full reason to approve of Lis Ministry, and though be was exposed to the unretnitted rancour and ridicsl6 of Party, he persevered in a steady ,dignifi ed course. He has pursued-the same just and Jibe' ral conduct in the office which lie now holds, O a the Illustrious Prince who governs the coantrY knows his merits ton well to part with so vain' able a servant of the State.—As to Mr. PEAL' his abilities, his services, his independ entrain ( ' and situation, and his sound constitutiona l character render it, in the highest degree, de' sizable to the Empire in general, that should be engaged in official employment, ail ( ' we sincerely hope to hear that his great abilities are again called into action, and arc to add to the strength of that Administration which justly poi' sesses the full confidence of the Country. The reflexions which have been thrown upon the Bank of Eugl,lnd, the greatest Commercial Body in the world, and to which every nation id the world looks •with confidence and security, arts illiberal anti unj..t. The Bank has acted upon( the same principle, as it has lately done, for a cell' tuty, and the, speech of Mr. Serjeaat BosANctusT/ on the recent Triais, was a full jnsti6catiou of its conduct. He truly stated, that Prosecutions do 1 04- originate with the Bank, but with those who ow° the intended victims of criminality. The tradcs' men, or others, to whom forged Bank-notes are tendered, take the Person whO tenders, them int° custody, the swpected Criminal is taken befote a Mafi!strate, who commits hint, and be is the!) to abide by the violated Laws of the Country. The Bank is , called upon to ascertain the, validity or forgery of the tendered notes, and is obliged to ohm y the call. What would be thought o f tile . Rank if it attempted to avoid the summons, f;° 11:1 a fAlse sense of compassion ) The conse . (pence would be a total cessation of the national l'aper Currency, anti forgery %% 413 then operate in ha kers' Checks and Provi 6 ' cial Notes, while the want of due accool` modation, necessary for carrying on trade, w"u la be ruinous to multitudes in the Metropolis. 1 - 1 “ t it has been urged that en uncertainty attends til e evidence of the Bank Inspector, who appears in Court. They can know but little of the condnc taf the Bank, if they suppose that the evidence forgery depends solely on the testimony of the wit' ness who gives evidence in Court. On questions life and death, as well as on the necessity of so" taining commercial credit in the country, t here iv reason to believe that the evidence of forgery ect' s not depend upon indivirbral inspection, but np °3 minute examination by those whose experience, es well as private official knowledge, renders the ta frilly qualified to decide. In matters of high " .4 rolrbery, burglary, ordinary theft, or even murder, there may be a great difficulty in discoveringthe real culprit,. because the witnesses may be doubanis. and even the innocent may be accused. 1 3 " 41 forgery of Bank -notes, where their whole prngre" . in circulation can be traced, the guilty person lg ascertained. It appears that in only one instance ' a Bank Inspector was deceived, but then the sill' , peeled note had been so long in use that it was almeat worn our, its prominent features- Were 'le' faced, and a paper was pasted at its back. 11.164 solitary instance of mistake can have no weight When opposed to the general' course of evidence's and the necessity of guarding against anion in a Commercial State. 'she Bank , it appears, always conducts itself with renity,,anal where the guilt is demonstrable, gives the culpr it the opportunity of pleading to the minor eritne' As to the case of the unfortunate men who ' cel l . executed yesterday, their guilt was estab lish°. beyond the prissibility of doubt, and they suf fered the punishment which .the'law, a law c es " sential in a Commercial Country, had awarder!.awarder!. The British Press of this day, with humani t y eve' ditable to its feelings, animadverts with severity neon the fate of those unfortunate men, arid seenA to think that they had reason to hope for Red° till the last moment. If the hditor of that l'aPeC bad rextl Tni3 SUN of yesterday, he would haver seen that, up - ori no light authority,- we a.ssertet!P, that these unfortunate men ‘‘ had every P n " tilde attention paid to their cases." A more 11°4 ' mane character than the Nobleman who presides o at the Home Department cannot be foun d ' of all occasions that admitted of the extension ea t." Royal Clemency, assidnons zeal and lenie nt tr ment of all culprits who were within the P lll Vince of his official functions, have ever n"rh C,l re his conduct. 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